Patrick Grady
@patrickgradyy.bsky.social
🇪🇺 Tech Policy @progresschamber.org
What better way to escape the January blues than to take a check out all the new tech Europeans can look forward to in 2026 👇
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The Tech Optimist’s Guide to 2026 : 10 Developments Europeans Can Look Forward To - Chamber of Progress
As headlines go, The Sky Is Falling grabs more attention than Things Are Getting Better Gradually. While pessimists voice fears about new technologies,
progresschamber.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
What better way to escape the January blues than to take a check out all the new tech Europeans can look forward to in 2026 👇
progresschamber.org/insights/tec...
progresschamber.org/insights/tec...
Transitional guidelines for overdue standards for a delayed AI Act. No doubt emergency codes of practice to support the transitional guidelines in due course.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
www.euractiv.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Transitional guidelines for overdue standards for a delayed AI Act. No doubt emergency codes of practice to support the transitional guidelines in due course.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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X has a new “spicy mode” that allows users to create explicit images of people (mostly women and sometimes children) without their consent using the platform’s built-in AI model, Grok.
The results are a slew of offensive, abusive, and potentially illegal content.
The results are a slew of offensive, abusive, and potentially illegal content.
January 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
X has a new “spicy mode” that allows users to create explicit images of people (mostly women and sometimes children) without their consent using the platform’s built-in AI model, Grok.
The results are a slew of offensive, abusive, and potentially illegal content.
The results are a slew of offensive, abusive, and potentially illegal content.
The DeepSeek Training Cost panic didn’t last long
April 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The DeepSeek Training Cost panic didn’t last long
The most offensive thing about the tariffs is America listing the European Union as a “country”
April 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The most offensive thing about the tariffs is America listing the European Union as a “country”
Event organisers: please send calendar invites. You have too much faith in us 🙏
March 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Event organisers: please send calendar invites. You have too much faith in us 🙏
March 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
All good tech optimists should keep receipts.
Here’s a selection of the AI headlines from 2022-2023 👇
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Here’s a selection of the AI headlines from 2022-2023 👇
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March 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
All good tech optimists should keep receipts.
Here’s a selection of the AI headlines from 2022-2023 👇
(@pessimistsarc.bsky.social)
Here’s a selection of the AI headlines from 2022-2023 👇
(@pessimistsarc.bsky.social)
UK Users: Lobsters needs your help with the Online Safety Act
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lobste.rs
March 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Obfuscation on military funding represents a spectacular failure to rise to the occasion.”
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
There’s no such thing as a free tank
economist.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Obfuscation on military funding represents a spectacular failure to rise to the occasion.”
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Whoever’s in the escalator repair business in Brussels must be making a killing
March 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Whoever’s in the escalator repair business in Brussels must be making a killing
Von der Leyen in Davos (left) just a couple months ago 😬
March 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Von der Leyen in Davos (left) just a couple months ago 😬
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Does the EU’s regulatory stance towards tech companies really hamper innovation?
March 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Does the EU’s regulatory stance towards tech companies really hamper innovation?
Imagine being in 2015 and someone told you that in 2025 you would be travelling to Paris to London on the Eurostar and YOU CAN’T LOAD A SINGLE WEBPAGE WITH THE CONNECTIVITY
March 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Imagine being in 2015 and someone told you that in 2025 you would be travelling to Paris to London on the Eurostar and YOU CAN’T LOAD A SINGLE WEBPAGE WITH THE CONNECTIVITY
Noooo, not you too with the silly parenthesis 😞 @economist.com
“Coin toss” would have been fine. We would have got there by ourselves
“Coin toss” would have been fine. We would have got there by ourselves
March 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Noooo, not you too with the silly parenthesis 😞 @economist.com
“Coin toss” would have been fine. We would have got there by ourselves
“Coin toss” would have been fine. We would have got there by ourselves
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The AI Continent Action Plan has made its appearance on the European Commission's college agenda.
March 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The AI Continent Action Plan has made its appearance on the European Commission's college agenda.
Or “DG Competition has published a study on EU antitrust remedies”
March 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Or “DG Competition has published a study on EU antitrust remedies”
The piece is harsh, but some important points on how AI is misreported 👇
garymarcus.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Decoding (and debunking) Hard Fork’s Kevin Roose
His latest New York Times piece tells us a lot about what he doesn’t really understand
garymarcus.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The piece is harsh, but some important points on how AI is misreported 👇
garymarcus.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Also down for others?
March 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Also down for others?
Trying to resist LinkedIn videos at all costs
February 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trying to resist LinkedIn videos at all costs
Almost two years ago today
February 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Almost two years ago today
Predicting spikes in the use of VPNs and Hinge
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Predicting spikes in the use of VPNs and Hinge
A Trump bump or a turning point for Europe?
on.ft.com/41mo5ag European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office
on.ft.com/41mo5ag European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office
European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office
Surprise outperformance driven by lack of day-one tariffs on EU and prospect of end to Ukraine war
on.ft.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A Trump bump or a turning point for Europe?
on.ft.com/41mo5ag European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office
on.ft.com/41mo5ag European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office
Milking it: when cafés charge plant-based milk drinkers—who already subsidise cow milk—extra, despite that alternatives often cost the same :/
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Milking it: when cafés charge plant-based milk drinkers—who already subsidise cow milk—extra, despite that alternatives often cost the same :/